Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Boyd run?
Boyd’s town government spent $1.8 million on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, about $1,165 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Boyd didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Boyd is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $1,165 per resident a year, or $3.19 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 30%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Boyd didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Boyd yet
Every year of Boyd’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →The typical homeowner pays $3,699 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.40% of the home’s value, vs 1.49% across Texas.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Boyd’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Boyd’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Boyd →
Who’s in charge in Boyd
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 104 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (1,555).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Boyd Independent School District
Boyd’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $12,651 per pupil, $6,943 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Texas districts overall: 51% local, 36% state, 13% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Boyd’s votes are counted by county
Texas reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Boyd alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Wise County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican84.7%32,385 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat14.7%5,605 votesOthers: 0.7% (253 votes).
Most votes in Wise County: Donald J Trump
Texas: Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.5%
100% of Boyd lies in Wise County. Every 2024 race in Wise County is on the county’s page.
Wise County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Boyd.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Texas HouseState representatives
- 3Texas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Texas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Boyd’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Boyd’s government
How much does Boyd spend per resident?
About $1,165 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Boyd didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $2.6 million.
What is the property tax rate in Boyd?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $3,699 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.40% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.49% across Texas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the town’s assessor.
Who runs Boyd’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Boyd yet.
How did Boyd vote in 2024?
Texas counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Boyd alone. Wise County, where 100% of Boyd lies, voted Trump 84.7%, Harris 14.7% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Boyd?
15 full-time and 10 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $84,955 (about $1.0M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Boyd in the state legislature?
State Senate District 12 (Tan Parker) and State House District 64 (Andy Hopper). The House district also covers 14 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Boyd, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →